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AskScience: What do we call what holds multiple dimensions? (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/science@beehaw.org
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In science we attempt to classify everything. And everything seems to be a subset of something else. Planet is a part of a solar system, solar system is a part of a galaxy, galaxy is part of the universe, universe is a part of our dimension, etc.

Obviously there are exceptions to this, rogue planets, but we still consider them contained.

I understand the idea of multidimensions is theoretical, but if they exist, do we have a name or even a theory what might contain them?

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago

The scifi "dimension" is as meaningless as "plane of existence"

Does not sound too meaningless to me, but I'm used to calling that a universe 😁

think about the sentence "the universe is a part of our dimension"

I'm trying ahah. But if you call the universe a dimension, which subpart of it do you call a universe? The observable universe maybe? I mean it makes sense to say that the observable universe is part of our universe. Still sounds strange the way it is presented by OP.

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